Rural
Jefferson Fellow Kate Green on the future of food security
RNZ reporter Kate Green has recently returned from parts of Southeast Asia as part of a Jefferson Fellowship exploring food security issues across the region. Audio
Rain doesn't put off A&P Show punters
Organisers are promising a return to full strength after last year's show was scaled back. Audio
A&P show returns full strength after last year's cut backs
A wet and windy day in the Garden City didn't put off crowds of punters turning out to the first day of Canterbury's agricultural and pastoral show. An annual fixture in Christchurch - and back with a… Audio
$160 million revamp of the country's only vet school completed
The final stage of a $160 million dollar revamp to New Zealand's only vet training school is complete. At Massey University's Palmerston North campus today new building Nga Huia officially opened its… Audio
A-Z of Aotearoa: L for Lamb
Time for the latest installment of our A-Z of Aotearoa and today it is L for Lamb. From humble beginnings as a new immigrant in the 1800's, at one point there were more than 20 per capita! Robert… Audio
The women who inseminate cows to make money for Christmas
Artificial breeding technicians play a crucial role in keeping New Zealand's dairy industry flowing. Increasingly, women are being drawn to the job.
Canterbury A&P show returns with royal status
The show's organisers are promising a strong return after last year's downscaled format.
Morning Rural News for 12 November 2025
The latest rural news with Gianina Schwanecke. Audio
Morning Rural News for 11 November 2025
The latest rural news with Gianina Schwanecke Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 November 2025
Yellow legged hornet has beekeepers on high alert. Audio
Rural News Update for 10 November 2025
An early morning Rural update from Gianina Schwanecke. Audio
How a bootcamp is boosting mental health in rural New Zealand
Reporter Ke-xin Li visits a bootcamp in the Bay of Plenty where farmer Mohi Beckham is helping locals overcome mental health challenges Audio
Ecologist on landscape damage from National Park blaze
Tongariro's massive wildfire continues - producer Matthew Hutching talks with local ecologist Nick Singer Audio
Foodie delight under mountain signals new lease of life
A foodie haven serving flat whites in a rustic railway station flanked by Mt Ruapehu hopes it is part of a pick-up for an economically hit region.
Saving seeds, saving stories
There's a story to many of the heritage seedlings which Jemma Ostenfeld grows on a patch of borrowed land in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
A Southlander inside the mega dairies of China and Russia
Berwick Settle has worked on some of the biggest dairy farms in the world, where cows never go outside the barn and must take regular showers to stay cool and keep the milk flowing.
Saving seeds, saving stories
Jemma Ostenfeld collects and germinates seeds on a patch of borrowed land in the eastern Bay of Plenty. She is helping to preserve the genetic memory of plants - each seed a story of survival… Audio
From the Archives - Sheep on the board
In this story for the long-running programme Spectrum, first broadcast in 1972, Jack Perkins joins a Wairarapa shearing gang, on a farm near Masterton. It starts at the beginning of a day's shearing… Audio
